Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-17

shepherds plaid woollen material, made
up with dark green pulled and shirred
surah vest, ending in a pointed velvet
belt. The oren Jacket is omamented
with hugh round metal buttons, having
revers of self material and narrow
cuffs of dark green velvet. The killed
skirt is Of the woollcn material I'M
trimmed.
The extensive incorporation OF lace
founcing and trimming into all the
summer dresses of light materials is an
attractive if not particularly new fea-
ture of the season. The front Of the
skirt usually consists of lace or EN-
broidered founcings, which are often
very deep, three only being required
from waist to ankle. The vest, II the
basque be made for a vest. Is also OF
lace. and frills of the same at neck and
wrists complete the trimming OF the
dress.
One need not 60 without fresh and
attractive summer costume when what
are callel robes" can be bought in
French lawn. batiste, or any OF the
light seasonable fabrics for from $3.50
to 81. These "robes" constitute
first, the necessary body material for
the dress second, embroidered
founcing and all necessary embroidery
for trimming and third, a neat illus
tration from which the dress can be
made, if one be at all practical dress
maker. These come all nicely packed
in a handsome gilt-edged box, and are
marvels of cheapness and taste. One
can buy nowadays almost any kind OF
a dress, if it be Of light goods, packed
with its trimmings, &c, in this way,
and they are very convenient.
The imported bathing-dresses are
more decidedly Frenchy" than most
Gallo Grres dc IN mode. They are
quite too pronounced for the adoption
OF American ladies, and will scarcely,
/ think, find favor in England. Not
only do they leave the neck and arms
entirely exposed, but many of them
have the tunic skirt so greatly abbre-
waited as to render its use very slight,
or they dispense with it altogether.
Jersey bathing-suits are now worn by
ladies, usually over corsets.
A dress for misses wear, in dark blue
debeige, has very full vest of cream
surah falling from the neck to below
the waist, which is revealed by a style
of waist whose long square ends upon
the sides and length upon the hips give
it considerable resemblance to the old
fashioned pelisse. AS have remarked
before in this column, the pelisse form
OF waist has made its appearance in a
modified form on several ladies cos
tunes. 1t is not a revival TO be par
ticularly favored, the pelisse being
peculiarly ugly form of waist. The
dress in question was made further
with killed skirt, the kits six or eight
inches broad, the tabs of the waist hav-
ing rows OF inch-and-a-half braid upon
them, and the entire garment being
bound on the edges throughout. The
front was Ornamented with rows OF lit
tie round buttons.
Guimpes and yokes of lace or en-
broidery are very popular ON misses
costumes.
Tight sleeves on any kind of dress
are almost a thing of the past. Sleeves
pulled from the shoulder to the wrist,
or from the shoulder to the elbow,
have taken the place of the "skin-
tight" sleeves with which women have
been content for several years past,
and one looks for nothing else this
season. With the approach OF fall,
however, there is sure to be relapse.
A very pretty and somewhat novel
round straw hat has band OF dark-blue
velvet about two and half inches high
run around the base of the crown over
this strip of cream-colored lace is run,
so that the mesh and design show beau
tifully. On the front cream and darS-
blue satin-riobons are combined IN
knots which rise one above another TO
the top OF the crown, while oil the other
side fancy wing is placed.
c. III. N.